Government

Government · Select Board

Select Board votes to rename ball field for Moran

Plainfield Select Board votes to rename the town ball field for longtime volunteer Sandy Moran.

Townbrief reporting · Aug 19

Government · Conservation

Conservation Panel Continues Solar Hearing to Sept. 30

Plainfield conservation board delays solar hearing after consultant flags 62 needed plan fixes.

Townbrief reporting · Aug 19

Government · Conservation

Conservation panel continues hearing to Aug. 20

Plainfield Conservation Commission continues a wetlands hearing to August 20, declining to pre-approve a project early.

Townbrief reporting · Jul 29

Government · Select Board

Select Board reorganizes, reappoints dozens of officials

Plainfield Select Board reorganizes for fiscal 2027 and hears an urgent Town Hall repair appeal.

Townbrief reporting · Jul 14

Government · Conservation

Plainfield Conservation Commission Continues Solar Hearing to July Over Unanswered Peer Review

Plainfield's Conservation Commission continued a solar project hearing and fielded a first-of-its-kind forest cutting plan at its June 25 meeting.

Townbrief reporting · Jun 25

Government · Select Board

Plainfield Select Board Appoints Daniel Tebow as Permanent Police Chief

Plainfield Select Board appoints permanent police chief and fields parent plea over vocational school deadline.

Townbrief reporting · Jun 23

Government · Select Board

Plainfield Select Board Appoints Cynthia Poirier to Cultural Council

Plainfield Select Board seats a new Cultural Council member and clears a legal hurdle for a Finance Committee expansion. The board unanimously appointed Cynthia Poirier to the Cultural Council at its June 9 meeting, its only formal appointment of the evening.

Townbrief reporting · Jun 9

Government · Select Board

Plainfield Accepts $250,000 Equipment Grant, Rejects Ashfield Regionalization Bid

Plainfield Select Board rejects Ashfield regionalization bid and banks $250,000 equipment grant.

Townbrief reporting · May 26

Government · Select Board

Plainfield Select Board Meeting Produces No Reportable Transcript Record

Plainfield Select Board's May 13 meeting leaves no reportable record. The community access TV transcript for the Select Board's May 13, 2026 meeting consists entirely of eight instances of "Thank you," with no identifiable speakers, no motions, no votes, and no agenda items discussed.

Townbrief reporting · May 13

Government · Select Board

Plainfield Select Board Allows Marijuana Delivery, Appoints Recreation Member

Plainfield Select Board allows marijuana delivery and selects higher first-responder insurance at April 28 meeting.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 28